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Programming Language

Simula

SIM-yoo-luh
Also Known As Simula 67
Simulation Language

Simula is the name of two simulation programming languages, Simula I and Simula 67, developed in the 1960s at the Norwegian Computing Center in Oslo by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard. Simula 67 introduced objects, classes, inheritance and subclasses, virtual procedures and coroutines, and Simula is considered the first object oriented programming language; Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, and James Gosling, creator of Java, have acknowledged it as a major influence. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
First Released
1962 1
First Released
1967 2
Simula 67, the variant that introduced objects, classes and inheritance; Simula I preceded it in the same decade.
Paradigm
Object oriented 2
Significance
Considered the first object oriented programming language, and an acknowledged major influence on C++, Java and Smalltalk. 2
Classification
Typing Discipline
Statically Typed 1
FAQs

Which earlier language was Simula built on?

ALGOL 60.

Simula was built on ALGOL 60. The Programming Language Database says ALGOL 60 influenced the design of Simula, and describes Simula syntactically as a fairly faithful superset of ALGOL 60.
Connections

Associated With

Object Oriented Programming, Concepts

Considered the first object oriented programming language; the paradigm's Simula origin account is one side of the debated origin this atlas records on the OOP entity.

Source Wikipedia: Simula

Follows Typing Discipline

Static Typing, Concepts

In Field

Software Engineering, Fields

Influenced

C++, Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: C++
Eiffel, Programming Languages
Smalltalk, Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: Smalltalk
Additional Source Wikipedia: SimulaHistory section
Wolfram Language, Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: Wolfram Language

Invented By

Kristen Nygaard, Pioneers
Source Wikidata: Simula
Additional Source Wikipedia: Kristen NygaardObject-oriented programming
Ole-Johan Dahl, Pioneers
Source Wikidata: Simula
Sources
1. Wikidata: Simula
  • Wikidata Q212569, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q212569 P571 (inception)
  • Wikidata Q212569 P7078 (typing discipline)
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2. Wikipedia: Simula
Wikipedia
  • Opening section and main article body
    Simula is the name of two simulation programming languages, Simula I and Simula 67, developed in the 1960s at the Norwegian Computing Center in Oslo, by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard.
  • Main article body
    Simula 67 introduced objects, classes, inheritance and subclasses, virtual procedures, coroutines, and discrete event simulation.
  • History section
    Computer scientists such as Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, and James Gosling, creator of Java, have acknowledged Simula as a major influence.
  • In Group: Discrete-Event and Physical System Modeling Languages, Lead
    Simula is the name of two simulation programming languages, Simula I and Simula 67, developed in the 1960s at the Norwegian Computing Center in Oslo, by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard.
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Wikipedia: Kristen Nygaard
Wikimedia FoundationInvented By: Kristen Nygaard, Object-oriented programming
Quote, Invented By: Kristen Nygaard, Object-oriented programming
With Ole-Johan Dahl, he developed the initial ideas for object-oriented programming (OOP) in the 1960s at the Norwegian Computing Center (Norsk Regnesentral (NR)) as part of the Simula I (1961-1965) and Simula 67 (1965-1968) simulation programming languages.
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Wikidata: Wolfram Language
Influenced: Wolfram LanguageView the Source
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